Excavation Site Gems
After spending some donuts on shovels, I've noticed that the gem always seems to be next to the rocks. Example: - - - - Rock Rock Gem Rock - - - - Rock Anyone seen it ...
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"jtgroth;c-1623587" wrote:
I haven't done the math yet on long term averages. This is just a gut feeling about what that math might reveal.
The long term average for HappyGamer73's best strategy so far, in his order as he posted it, is 6.056 shovels per round. I will look later at if it changes anything or how much it changes to start with the outside squares and work in.
The probability calculation was a bit easier than I originally thought it would be, given that the initial placement of the gem is random and it's more or less just a process of figuring out how many squares it would take to find the gem in each of the 36 possible starting points. Average together those 36 numbers and there you have it.
